Re: Geometric Types

Bob Pawley <rjpawley@xxxxxxx> · Mon, 11 Dec 2006 15:42:20 -0800

Thank you.

Thats the technical view. I was hoping for a more generel 
overview - as if I knew absolutely nothing about 
geometric types and their uses.
(Which is close to the truth.) 

Geometric Types (and GIS) for dummies would be 
ideal.

Bob

  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: 
  Shoaib Mir 

  To: Bob Pawley 
  Cc: Postgresql 
  Sent: Monday, December 11, 2006 10:59 
  AM
  Subject: Re: [GENERAL] Geometric 
  Types

You can use the PostgreSQL docs for that purpose at --> http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.2/static/functions-geometry.html

For 
  more details you can go through PostGIS ( http://postgis.refractions.net/) 
  for that purpose...

Hope this helps...

-----------
Shoaib 
  Mir
EnterpriseDB (www.enterprisedb.com )

  On 12/11/06, Bob 
  Pawley <rjpawley@xxxxxxx> 
  wrote:

    I would like to learn the basics of PostgreSQL 
    geometric types.

    Can someone point to a simple explanation of 
    how it works (preferably within the PostgreSQL database) how it is 
    being used and any drawing system that would display the 
    results?

    Thanks in advance.

    Bob 
Pawley